Hibernate Option Gone

[chuck]

Wife's PC, XP Pro sp3.

Her machine no longer hibernates. In the desktop options
screens there are no more Hibernate or Enable Hibernate
options.

How to I get them back????

chuck

 

[chuck]

Wife's PC, XP Pro sp3.

Her machine no longer hibernates.

OBTW - on the Power Options screen, under Home/Desktop,
she gets options for Plugged In and Running on Batteries.

Why is that??

It's a desktop -- no batteries.

Is this something being passed thru from BIOS??

 

[Bob I]

My money is on the drivers out of date or a generic one having been
installed through the use of Windows Update. If that is the case, open
Device manager and Roll Back the bum driver.

How to troubleshoot hibernation and standby issues in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/907477

 

[chuck]

My money is on the drivers out of date or a generic one having been
installed through the use of Windows Update. If that is the case, open
Device manager and Roll Back the bum driver.

What I just did was to System Restore to a Previous Time.

Voila! Hibernate and Standby are back! Yowza.

But --- still got options for Plugged In and
Running on Battery -- on a freakin' desktop.

What's with this battery option???

 

[PA Bear [MS MVP]]

Did you (or someone else) reinstall WinXP using an OEM disk from a laptop
computer?

 

[Unknown]

Is it set to that option or is it merely an option? The program power
options can be used on
a desktop or laptop. If you have a desktop obviously you won't use the
battery option..

 

[glee]

What I just did was to System Restore to a Previous Time.

Voila! Hibernate and Standby are back! Yowza.

But --- still got options for Plugged In and
Running on Battery -- on a freakin' desktop.

What's with this battery option???

Resolved in another thread:

<quote>
Is your wife's computer plugged into an Uninterrupted Power Supply
(UPS)?

If so, and you don't have the software installed for the UPS, BUT do
have the UPS connected to the computer via a USB or Serial cable,
Windows may show the UPS battery in Power Options just like a laptop
battery.

If you have a UPS attached, either install its software, or remove the
USB or Serial cable connecting it to your wife's computer.
</quote>

 

[mm]

OBTW - on the Power Options screen, under Home/Desktop,
she gets options for Plugged In and Running on Batteries.

Why is that??

It's a desktop -- no batteries.

Is that her fault? Be a man. Buy her some batteries.